title: Stereoselective direct amine-catalyzed decarboxylative aldol addition.
abstract: A stereoselective decarboxylative aldol addition of β- and α-keto acids in the presence of catalytic amounts of amines is described. By the optional deployment of chiral enolizable aldehydes an access to enantiopure configurative defined ketopentoses, ketohexoses, or ketoheptoses is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-University, Brook-Taylor Str. 2, 12 489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahrwald
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000588:Amines; C116609:3-hydroxybutanal